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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1912
Page
3
An old saying notes one gray hair invites more, but nature can be aided. The ad promotes Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy, claiming it revives lifeless hair, removes dandruff, and restores color, sold by W C Kalteyer at 50 cents a bottle.
A letter from Meetze Virginia quotes Mrs J C Green describing relief from womanly troubles after using Cardui. She says it cured her and she feels like a new person. The ad urges others to obtain Cardui from a druggist and request a mailed instruction booklet from Chattanooga Medicine Co.
Bowen Island on the San Antonio river near Garden street will become Sans Souci, a major amusement resort with a 12,000 seat coliseum. James L. Glass and a new company plan a 152000 dollar project including a natatorium, a half‑mile double racing coaster, a dancing pavilion, shell walks, and a glass‑floor electric fountain. The property owners include L. Ward of Galveston and D. J. Woodward and E. J. Altgelt of San Antonio.
A spring health advertisement touts Vinci cod liver oil as a remedy to build strength, improve digestion, and prevent summer weakness. Customer P O Barker of Bowens Mill Georgia recounts recovery after using Vinci, with a money back guarantee from Fischer's Drug Store Gibbs Building near the post office.
The annual convention for the Texas Order of Railway Conductors will be held at the Gunter Hotel in San Antonio from April 8 to April 18. Upwards of fifty delegates, all officers from Texas cities, will attend and be hosted and accommodated for the delegates’ annual business.
Andrew Wa is described as the first Chinese doctor to register in San An, marking a notable milestone in local medical and immigrant history. The report frames him as a pioneer amid early 20th century community records.
Dr. Wa, a practicing physician from Woods county Oklahoma, arrived recently and filed credentials with Secretary Mueller. He earned his MD from the medical college of Ong Wa Ye Yong Hong Kong on August 8 1883 and produced Oklahoma certificates dated May 23 1902 signed by Elmer E Chadwick. He notes a sizable Chinese colony in San Antonio and speaks English fluently.
An old advertisement touts Hot Springs Liver Buttons as the most efficient gentle safe laxative. It claims global use from Hot Springs Sanitarium and urges readers to buy a 26 cent box from any druggist to end biliousness coated tongue dizziness indigestion and serve as a general tonic.
Plans for a jollification banquet and smoker for participants in The Light endurance run to the coast under the San Antonio Automobile Club move forward. Entries are being organized by Dr W Hering, chairman of the gentest committee, with preparations announced by civic groups along the route. The event is expected to be highly successful, following the largest endurance run previously with 18 cars. More entrants are lined up for The Light reliability run starting April 6, routing through Corpus Christi and Port O Connor with two nights on the road. Dinner and entertainment will be provided on return by the Automobile Club’s contest committee. The report also notes farm imports value in 1918 and references a local business lunch and orchestra at the Gun ter, finishing with ads for Gooseliver and White Horse Tavern products.
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